Taliban ban female aid workers in Afghanistan – UN Council warning

by time news

Kabul:

The Taliban has been ruling Afghanistan since August 2021.

Since then, the Taliban have imposed strict restrictions against women in the country. The rights of women have been taken away from the Taliban regime for the past 1 year.

They imposed various restrictions, including that women should not go to school or college, go to work, drive vehicles, and wear the burqa until it covers her head to toe.

At present there is a situation where girls cannot study above 6th standard. Women’s education was banned in all public and private universities. There was strong opposition to this. Following this, a few days ago, the head of the humanitarian department at the United Nations, Martin Griffiths, UN. A team led by Deputy Secretary General Ameena Mohammad went to Afghanistan to investigate acts against women. At the time, the Taliban told the UN that the authorities were developing guidelines for women’s participation in humanitarian operations. Reported to the committee.

It was thought that this would give women and girls the opportunity to study again in the country. But the Taliban have also banned female aid workers. Martin Griffiths, head of the humanitarian division at the United Nations, said it was a death blow to several important humanitarian programs.

In this regard, he added, the Taliban should make an exception to this order. Otherwise, it will cause disaster, he said.

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